Upgrade for I7 920

[FrozenShivers]

Thanks for the replies, I understand both views put forward on the 6 core chip and a new system but I was thinking of a new 'total' upgrade. Looks like the 1700 or higher AMD might be my choice.

This would be my choice. 1700 Ryzen.

 

[Caracus2k]

If you read the thread before replying you would see the posts agreeing with me including ones who used to have the CPU he is being advised to buy.

The X5650 was a stonking chip in it's day and a year or so ago was mental value upgrade but going from four obsolete cores to six when you can afford to get a modern setup is silly, especially when you have a 1080ti and want to do VR, it's like telling somebody with a E8200 to get a Q6600 and they will be fine.



He has 16GB, this is where reading the thread comes in useful.

I was commenting on the thread from my mobile which doesn't show signatures as per the attached screen capture so I would not have known how much memory he had. I was just making sure that I offered sound advice... something I think you could with a lesson in.....



Any way nice try at deflecting being called on the risible nonsense you posted that going from a 4c8t Nehalem to a 6c12t Westemre-EP/Gulftown would be a 'sidegrade' that would not show 'a noticeable improvement' for gaming and video editing!!!!

Are your serious? I understand that you appear to be an AMD shill judging by your recent posts but please try to be objective. It is perfectly good advice to point out to the OP the option of spending far less money on his x58 setup to get a 32nm hex core CPU perhaps with a new cooler and OC it to 4Ghz + with ease which will be a very big upgrade for video editing and a pretty good upgrade for gaming aswell. No ones saying that a Ryzen setup would not be faster than the x58 hex setup but your comparing under £100 to circa £700 for the respective costs!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would probably seriously consider a x5650 too,otherwise I would get an R7 1700 if you want to get new shiny.

 

[ubersonic]

I was just making sure that I offered sound advice... something I think you could with a lesson in.....

Well congratulations on failing I guess...

Any way nice try at deflecting being called on the risible nonsense you posted

The nonsense that was agreed with by other posters inc who had upgraded from the CPU you're advocating?

I understand that you appear to be an AMD shill

What are you basing that on? That 8 of my last 10 GPUs were Nvidia, the fact that prior to upgrading from X79 to Ryzen I hadn't owned an AMD CPU in a decade, or that because you're such a massive Intel fanboy you see anyone who doesn't hate AMD as a "shill" (it's kind of a giveaway when I never even suggested AMD, just said a modern platform would be better than side-grading).

No ones saying that a Ryzen setup would not be faster than the x58 hex setup but your comparing under £100 to circa £700 for the respective costs!

That's because he wants to do VR gaming with his 1080ti, switching from a CPU that would be holding him back to a CPU which is essentially the same as his current one just with 50% more cores is not going to help much. Especially when he can afford to do it right first time and even wants something new.

 

[Caracus2k]

the minimum/recommended cpu specs for oculus rift are quite conservative compared to the gpu specs as I'm sure your quite aware....

https://www.octopusrift.com/pc-for-the-oculus-rift/

your AMD shilling is quite apparent when it comes to CPU's from your posting history and would appear the only plausible reason for you to not accept the perfectly sensible suggestion to buy a cheap Intel 32nm hex as a much cheaper alternative to a completely new mobo/ cpu/ ram setup. As I said if the op want new and has circa £700 then ryzen is a good choice.

the 'nonsence' I was pointing out was your claim that a hex cpu upgrade (at (4Ghz + oc) would be a 'sidegrade' and would offer no 'noticebale improvement' for gaming and video editing over a quad core at 3.4Ghz Which is clear risible nonsence

 

[Caracus2k]

double post

 

[ubersonic]

your AMD shilling is quite apparent when it comes to CPU's from your posting history

In not sure if you have me confused with somebody else, or if your just making things up in the hope nobody will bother to check it lol.

and would appear the only plausible reason for you to not accept the perfectly sensible suggestion to buy a cheap Intel 32nm hex as a much cheaper alternative to a completely new mobo/ cpu/ ram setup.

Or, shockingly, maybe the reason is because as myself and others have stated that would be a waste of time and leave him in the same position of requiring an upgrade while having wasted money? Hell there were people replying who upgraded from the CPU in question. If your 8 year old 8 thread CPU isn't cutting it for what you want to do then swapping it for a 7.5 year old one with 12 threads and the same performance per thread isn't going to help much.

Like this guy said:

The jump from a 920 to an x5650 made sense 2 years ago, but no longer. The addition of 2 more comparatively slow cores will not significantly help for VR.

When I bought my 1700x it replaced the 4930K in my main rig which then replaced the i7 860 in my backup rig, and that CPU was noticeably showing it's age in modern use, adding more cores to it would not have helped, and unlike the OP mine wasn't even paired with a 1080ti and aiming for high end gaming.

 

[yashiro]

If AM4 motherboards weren't a total mess right now I think it'd be a no brainer to go Ryzen. I'd probably hang on a few weeks to see how the Ryzen 5's pan out in terms of price, performance and stability. With that information under your belt you can decide whether spend a little less and go AMD or just get the 7700K.

I think the x5650 side grade is waste of time, not necessarily money. They're a tad better than a 920 but they're still old tech at the end of the day.

 

[harney]

Vote ryzen 1700 non x
and some boards support VR USB not sure how better this is but its there ...a Ryzen build is your way forward

 

[Curlyriff]

Yep I would go with Ryzen 1700. I think the other part to look at is VR games are likely to be moving quickly to DX12/Vulkan as well and at this time AMD overall seem to be better placed to take advantage. There are a good number of gaming studios partnering with AMD and over 1000 dev kits in the wild by end of year from AMD to them.

With all that and how well it appears Ryzen has preformed so far you will get latest tech, you can pick up a mobo for £100 & CPU for £300 leaving you £280 will get you some 32GB trident Z RGB kit and you could have enough to get a shiny new case to show it all off or a 500GB SSD in your budget too.

If you want to get the latest and greatest you could instead go for an M.2 drive for an extra £100 of your total budget.